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Morality plays
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The Play of Daniel
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Sandbox
Sandbox The precise genesis of sand play and the original rationale for it are not known, but it is a quite natural evolution from the kinds of informal play with earth that children all over the world seem to engage in during early childhood. Sand was a cheap and hygienic solution to early... Read more |
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Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor 1817-80, English dramatist and editor. His most famous play is Our American Cousin (1858), performed at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C., when Lincoln was assassinated. Of his more than 100 plays, others are The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863) and, written with his friend Charles... Read more |
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Menander
Menander , 342?-291? BC, Greek poet, the most famous writer of New Comedy. He wrote ingenious plays using the love plot as his theme; his style is elegant and elaborate and his characters are highly developed. Although original texts of his plays only came to light beginning in 1906, many fragments... Read more |
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Passion play
Passion play genre of the miracle play that has survived from the Middle Ages into modern times. Its subject is the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Passion plays were first given in Latin. By the 13th cent. they included German verses, and 200 years later the entire play was... Read more |
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role-playing
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What Price Glory
What Price Glory? (1924), a play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings. [Plymouth Theatre, 435 perf.] Captain Flagg ( Louis Wolheim) and First Sergeant Quirt ( William Boyd) are career soldiers and longtime friendly enemies. Quirt is put in charge of Flagg's company while the Captain is... Read more |
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